वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-56, verse-17

अहो ऽस्मि व्यसने मग्नः सर्वथा रिपुनाशन ।
किं त्विदानीं करिष्यामि शङ्के प्राप्तव्यमीदृशम् ॥१७॥

17. aho'smi vyasane magnaḥ sarvathā ripunāśana ,
kiṃ tvidānīṃ kariṣyāmi śaṅke prāptavyamīdṛśam.

17. aho asmi vyasane magnaḥ sarvathā ripunāśana
kim tu idānīm kariṣyāmi śaṅke prāptavyam īdṛśam

17. aho ripunāśana asmi vyasane sarvathā magnaḥ
idānīm kim tu kariṣyāmi īdṛśam prāptavyam śaṅke

17. Alas, O destroyer of foes, I am completely immersed in distress (vyasana). What shall I do now? I fear that such a calamity is destined for me.

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!, Ah!

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• व्यसने (vyasane) - in calamity, in distress, in misfortune

• मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged, sunken

• सर्वथा (sarvathā) - completely, in every way, by all means

• रिपुनाशन (ripunāśana) - O destroyer of enemies

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do

• शङ्के (śaṅke) - I fear, I suspect, I apprehend

• प्राप्तव्यम् (prāptavyam) - that which is to be obtained, that which must be suffered, destiny

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind, like this

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!, Ah!

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

व्यसने (vyasane) - in calamity, in distress, in misfortune

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - calamity, distress, misfortune, addiction, vice

मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged, sunken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - immersed, submerged, sunken, deeply absorbed

Past Passive Participle

From root `maj` (to sink, plunge) with suffix `kta`.

Root: maj (class 6)

सर्वथा (sarvathā) - completely, in every way, by all means

(indeclinable)

रिपुनाशन (ripunāśana) - O destroyer of enemies

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ripunāśana

ripunāśana - destroyer of enemies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ripu+nāśana)

• ripu – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• nāśana – destroyer, destruction
  noun (neuter)
  Agent noun/Gerundive
  From root `naś` (to perish, destroy) with suffix `lyuṭ` or `ana`.
  Root: naś (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, who

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time

(indeclinable)

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शङ्के (śaṅke) - I fear, I suspect, I apprehend

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śaṅk

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

प्राप्तव्यम् (prāptavyam) - that which is to be obtained, that which must be suffered, destiny

(adjective)

neuter, singular of prāptavya

prāptavya - to be obtained, to be reached, to be gained, destined

Gerundive

From root `āp` (to obtain) with prefix `pra-` and suffix `tavya`.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind, like this

(adjective)

neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this